Item - 2024.MM16.16

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on March 20 and 21, 2024 with amendments.

MM16.16 - An Equitable Distribution of Canada Day Celebrations Throughout the City - by Councillor Lily Cheng, seconded by Councillor James Pasternak

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on March 20 and 21, 2024, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to review all City-run and funded Canada Day events across the City, including a review of the equitable distribution in terms of population and geography, and report to the April 30, 2024 meeting of the Economic and Community Development Committee, on a plan to celebrate Canada Day in the inner suburbs on an annual basis, starting with Canada Day 2024, subject to receiving full funding from the Federal government.

Background Information (City Council)

Communications (City Council)

(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Anne Park (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Pauline Quan (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Jonathan Ong (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Joy Anne Young (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Antony Marcil (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Pat Parisi (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Bonnie Moore (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Iman Hamed (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Joyce McBride (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Sarah Lam (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Steve Aiken (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Chris Chan (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Caio Guedes (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Marilyn Eriksen (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Evelyn Steinberg (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Kenneth Saul (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Yu Sine Wong (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Mika Sarkar (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Mark McHughan (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Sandy Wong (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Mehrgan Mazaheri (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Judith Lawrence (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Rosemarry Sheppard (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Ray Lee (MM.Supp)
(March 15, 2024) E-mail from Mona Chan (MM.Supp)
(March 16, 2024) E-mail from Amin Sheivari (MM.Supp)
(March 16, 2024) E-mail from Jan Batchelor (MM.Supp)
(March 16, 2024) E-mail from Rodolfo Diaz (MM.Supp)
(March 16, 2024) E-mail from Patricia Davies (MM.Supp)
(March 16, 2024) E-mail from Panagiota Aggelakos (MM.Supp)
(March 16, 2024) E-mail from Bruce Marshall (MM.Supp)
(March 16, 2024) E-mail from Nhu Le (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Lu Sun (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Allison & Craig Stewart (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Rajat Bansal (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Gail Bebee (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Stephen Boyle (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from John Melinte (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Jacquelin Josifovski (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Ali Kajbaf (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Megan Boyle (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Ewa Timachy (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Anca Barbuc (MM.Supp)
(March 17, 2024) E-mail from Beverley Timgren (MM.Supp)
(March 18, 2024) E-mail from Michelle Hone (MM.Supp)
(March 18, 2024) E-mail from Claudia Valente (MM.Supp)
(March 18, 2024) E-mail from Natasha Mansouri (MM.Supp)
(March 18, 2024) E-mail from Genoveva Vazquez (MM.Supp)
(March 18, 2024) E-mail from Philip Doyle (MM.Supp)
(March 18, 2024) E-mail from Marina Kesen (MM.Supp)
(March 18, 2024) E-mail from Evelyn Page (MM.Supp)
(March 20, 2024) E-mail from Liane DG (MM.New)
(March 20, 2024) E-mail from Fugeng (MM.New)
(March 20, 2024) E-mail from Simon Wong (MM.New)
(March 20, 2024) Letter from Laura Burnham, Executive Director, Yonge North York BIA (MM.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/comm/communicationfile-178146.pdf
(March 21, 2024) E-mail from Lingzi Feng (MM.New)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Waive Referral (Carried)

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM16.16 be referred to the Economic and Community Development Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.


1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Shelley Carroll (Carried)

That City Council amend MM16.16 Recommendation 1, so it now reads as follows:

 

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to review all City-run and funded Canada Day events across the City, including a review of the equitable distribution in terms of population and geography, and report to the April 30, 2024 meeting of the Economic and Community Development Committee, on a plan to celebrate Canada Day in the inner suburbs on an annual basis, starting with Canada Day 2024, subject to receiving full funding from the Federal government.


Motion to Adopt Item as Amended (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council